The Filipino Warrior race myth is stupid. They want to be tough guys because their is a super lack of martial prowess there. Not everyone has guns so pretend to be tough. Everyone is under 5'7 so be tough. Lapu lapu from their own research shows that he never actually fought because he was too old at the time. All fights during colonial times were lost thanks to Spanish technology and discipline. They have their own propaganda since their boxer manny pacqiao holds a few fixed boxing title belts. The American daddy will back me up routine has been brought to all fights including when they had a spat with Malaysia a few year ago. "I'm gonna tell muh daddy USA, your taking muh lands" They also think they won the Korean war when they retreated from a defensive position when they killed lots of Attacking PLA. All this warrior race crap is just a giant chip on their shoulder from being tossed under the bus by Malaysians, Spaniards, Americans and Japanese. Alson they don't care to research any other militaries power and just go with hollywood. They still think that the PLA holds Soviet weaponry, they are also a big believer in eugenics saying that Chinese, Japanese or Koreans are weaker than them. Hell whenever a chinese athlete beats them in any sport which is a majority of the time the excuse is always an injury, the opponent was cheating or it was a fluke.
